Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1610391136 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Kirkus“A stimulating tour through current thinking about and future possibilities for nanotechnology, from one of its creators… A crackerjack piece of science and technology writing.”Albany Times Union
Rather Disappointing Retrospective Amazon Customer Rather disappointing. Then again, I have to say that I gave up halfway through the book; possibly I missed the good stuff.The first half is pretty much an apologia for what Eric Drexler called "nanotechnology" in his 1986 book, "Engines of Creation." That book triggered expectations which haven't been fulfilled in thirty years. The label "nanotechnology" has been applied to methods that don't resemble those Dr Drexler described in '86, so he eschews it in favor of the less exciting "atomically precise manufacturing" or "APM." His excitement has cooled. Three Stars Thomas An important topic, by an authoritative author.. Prestalgia is too easy David Wineberg Radical Abundance is a dictionary example of prestalgia. We know atomically precise manufacturing (APM) is coming. We know what it will look like. We know it will solve huge problems and make life for us and for the planet infinitely better. We want it yesterday. But we have to wait for the details to be sorted out. Hurry up guys. We're waiting for the good old days.Nanotechnology took a bad rap for theoretically ushering in an era of microscopic robots that will report on you, burrow into your brain, and wreak havoc in the food chain for their own ne
Thanks to atomically precise manufacturing, we will soon have the power to produce radically more of what people want, and at a lower cost. In Radical Abundance, he shows how rapid scientific progress is about to change our world. It allows us to imagine a world where solar arrays cost no more than cardboard and aluminum foil, and laptops cost about the same.A provocative tour of cutting edge science and its implications by the field’s founder and master, Radical Abundance offers a mind-expanding vision of a world hurtling toward an unexpected future.. K. The advent of this kind of atomic precision promises to change the way we make thingscleanly, inexpensively, and on a global scale. Eric Drexler is the founding father of nanotechnologythe science of engineering on a molecular level. The result will shake the very foundations of our economy and environment.Already, scientists have constructed prototypes for circuit boards built of millions of precisely arranged atoms